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Unit Ipos: The Who, When, And Why Of Warrant Amendment
Author(s) -
Garner Jacqueline L.,
Marshall Beverly B.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of financial research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.319
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1475-6803
pISSN - 0270-2592
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-6803.2004.t01-1-00080.x
Subject(s) - warrant , initial public offering , insider , amendment , cash , business , monetary economics , unit (ring theory) , economics , accounting , finance , law , mathematics , political science , mathematics education
Although unit initial public offering (IPO) firms reserve the right to amend the original terms of their warrants, only some choose to extend the exercise period, lower the exercise price, or both. We examine the extent of warrant amendment among unit IPOs and find that the decision to amend is related to the need for cash and is generally employed when share prices are closer to the original warrant exercise prices. Furthermore, extension is less likely when the firm is riskier, whereas higher levels of insider ownership significantly reduce the likelihood that a firm will lower the exercise price.